Kent Long Distance Walkers Association

Kent LDWA social walk of approx 17.5 miles. This is a linear walk!

Meeting point: Whitstable Train Station
Linear walk from Whitstable to Margate Station along the English Coastal Path (Saxon Shoreway will turn inland along the banks of the Wansum Channel & will be a later walk). Take train or park at Whitstable station (Apcoa App or nearby streets) or Margate station & use train to finish/start as appropriate. SE Trains currently showing no engineering works for this weekend! Some public toilets along route. Lunch at Reculver - bring own lunch or HatHats coffee shop should be open. We will spend a few minutes exploring the ruins at Reculver Towers Reculver Towers & Roman Fort | English Heritage (english-heritage.org.uk). Just in case, bring headlight as we will be walking below the cliffs & light may be fading as we approach Margate

Walk leader: Jim Briggs 07771 820866
https://ldwa.org.uk/Kent/E/30754/english-coastal-path-kent-part-5-whitstable-to-margate.html

Although it is not necessary to "book in" for walks, it would be helpful to let the leader know that you intend joining the walk (or can no longer make it if you have booked on), as not doing so may mean that the group leaves without you or is waiting for you to arrive. If you know your LDWA membership number, please also let the walk leader know.

Kent LDWA social walk of approx 16 miles.

Meeting point: West Malling rlwy stn main entrance. W3W//himself.stormy.replenish (7:55 from Victoria arrives 8:46. For those driving, card payment is available in the larger east c.p and charge is currently £3.00. The west c.p is payment via the Apcoa app & charge is currently £3.50)

Figure of 8 route. 10 miles in the morning & 6 in the afternoon so very easy for those who want a short walk on the day. 1038ft of ascent, so a relatively flat walk. Moderate pace around 3mph.
Toilets should be available at West Malling Park, around 9.30am. (assuming they have been opened in time) Picnic Lunch will be in West Malling, which is 10 miles & toilets will also be available at this point

Walk leader: David Thornton - 07514 570847
https://ldwa.org.uk/Kent/E/31020/the-second-day-of-winter.html

Although it is not necessary to "book in" for walks, it would be helpful to let the leader know that you intend joining the walk (or can no longer make it if you have booked on), as not doing so may mean that the group leaves without you or is waiting for you to arrive. If you know your LDWA membership number, please also let the walk leader know.

Kent LDWA social walk of approx 20 miles.
Please note this is a relatively demanding & hilly route

Meeting point: start of South Downs Way at bottom of slope by finger post //wide.whites.calculatng. Parking in road where King Edwards Parade & Dukes Drive meet.

This is a circular route via Beachy Head, the Seven Sisters & Cuckmere Valley to Alfriston, where there will be a lunch stop & then return via inland section of South Downs Way. Toilets will be available (subject to being open on the day) at Birling Gap (around 4 miles) & Alfriston. There are also toilets a couple of hundred yards from the start of the walk, at Helen’s Gardens, although I cannot guarantee these will be open

Walk leader: David Thornton - 07514 570847
https://ldwa.org.uk/Kent/E/31019/new-years-day-on-the-south-downs.html

Although it is not necessary to "book in" for walks, it would be helpful to let the leader know that you intend joining the walk (or can no longer make it if you have booked on), as not doing so may mean that the group leaves without you or is waiting for you to arrive. If you know your LDWA membership number, please also let the walk leader know.